Miss Zimmerman Trial Narrates Harsh Life Before Murder
Miss Zimmerman testified in Hampden County Court about a childhood marked by poverty and abuse, her father’s drinking, and years of hardship before she shot Dr. Henry Zimmerman, her cousin, claiming fear of bodily harm or confinement in an asylum. The defense described her history as she sought a life with him and marriage, while witnesses recalled the shooting and the defendant’s panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Zimmerman
Jennie G. Zimmerman
Hampden County Court
Miss Zimmerman
William G. McKenchnie
Elizabeth A. Mahoney
Zimmerman
Anastasius Andros
Dr. Zimmerman
Bernard Kipnis
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Springfield
Kipnis
Andros
Canonization of St Gabriel Celebrated
Thanksgiving services marked the canonization of St Gabriel at Rome with a high mass vesper and benediction at St Gabriel Monastery Brighton led by Very Rev Father Colman CP. The exterior lawn glowed with electric lights, a side altar housing an oil portrait stood in the chapel, and the saint's relic was shown for veneration at the shrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Gabriel
Rome
Passionist Fathers
Brighton
Father Colman
C. P
Doctor Whitneys Testimony At Zimmerman Case
Dr Edward W Whitney of Northampton Hospital testified as a witness in the Zimmerman case and offered Mrs Ida Zimmermans confinement records. The prosecution objected to the records and the court will have alienists review the illness records for both sides before excerpts are introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Zimmerman
Edward W. Whitney
Northampton Hospital
Ida Zimmerman
Menace in Tie Up of Freight Highlighted
Senate interstate commerce committee backs an amendment to the transportation act to extend payback time to 15 years for advances from a $300,000,000 revolving fund. The aim is to ease shortages of equipment hampering freight movement at Eastern and Midwestern gateways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Middlewest
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Rail congestion prompts heroic measures to free car movement
Rail officials warned immediate trouble required bold actions to relieve bottlenecks as 226000 cars were needed for normal flow. Despite improvements noted nationwide, shippers pressed for more allocated equipment while coal livestock and perishables received priority and regional embargos limited northward traffic near Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Railroad Association
Car Service Committee
Northwest
California
Florida
Not Guilty of Profiteering
Federal inquiry finds no basis for charges that Max H. Houser used his United States Grain Corporation position to manipulate grain prices for large profits. The Spokane grand jury made public accusations but did not indict. Houser milling interests showed profits of 179,106 on 3,720,000 invested.
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Washington
Max H. Houser
United States Grain Corporation
Palmer
Houser
Spokane
United States
Humphreys
Portland
Ore
George R. Mayo
Department of Justice
Mr. -Elmer
Mr. Mayo
Private School Teachers Elect New Officers
How to reorganize the Private School Teachers Association to benefit members was the topic at a meeting last night at the Twentieth Century Club. Officers elected for the coming year include President Robert W. Rivers, Vice President Mrs F Edward Bradford, Treasurer Mrs J F McElwain, and Secretary Miss M H Jones.
Ex Mayor Grimmons of Somerville Dead
Charles A. Grimmons three times mayor of Somerville died at about 9 30 p m at his home 72 Thurston street Somerville aged in his 62d year He was a Mason Red Cross leader bank official and former hardware dealer survived by wife and two sons Charles and John Grimmons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Grimmons
Somerville
Thurston Street
Grimmons
Boston
Somervie
American Red Cross
Soley Lodge of Masons
Five Cents Savings Bank
Charlestown
Somerville Institution For Savings
Somerville Lodge of Elks
Canal Street
Charles Grimmons
John Grimmons
Odd Reunion Of Family At West Lynn Factory
William White, working at the GE plant on Federal Street in West Lynn, found his wife Mary and two children Helen and George awaiting him on the sidewalk, after eight months apart and a journey from Scotland. Sister-in-law Margaret Gorham joined them for a joyous reunion as White took the night off. The family, expected in New York on May 1, had not arrived. Mrs White and the children later reached Lynn and located him through police.
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William White
Federal Street
General Electric Company
West Lynn
Mary
Helen
George
Scotland
Margaret Gorham
White
New York
Arrest in Nahant Summer Home Illicit Operation Case
Dr Edward J Frothingham of West End was arrested by Joy Street police and taken to Nahant where he was jailed briefly before release on $2000 sureties. He is slated to appear in court next Monday.
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Nahant
Edward J. Frothingham
Allston Street
West End
Joy Street
Patrst
Michael Healey
Nahant Department
Peabody Girl Files Complaint Behind Doctor Arrest
Louise Chavas 23 a Peabody factory worker claims she was operated on by a Boston doctor in Nahant after an auto driver she planned to marry abandoned her. Her sister says the affair led to the doctor’s arrest and an accessory arrest is sought. the girl alleges confinement and threats during the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Chavas
Peabody Factory
Dr. Frothingham
Peabody
Larkin
Nahant Police
Chavas
J. J. Chavas
Hawley Street
Boston
Louise
Nahant
Fairhaven
Print Paper Prices Under Scrutiny Prompt Senate Hearing
Maurice Hoopes of Fingh Pruyn Paper denies collusion raised prices after government pact. He cites cost increases and matching moves by International Paper. Committee hears figures on contracts versus open market sales and a 16 cent price claim. Other witnesses discuss Great Northern Paper costs and a cane waste pulp substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maurice Hoopes
Fingh-Pruyn Paper Company
Glens Falls
N. Y
Senate Print Paper Investigating Committee
International Paper Company
Reed
Hoopes
William A. Whitcomb
Dedham
Mass
Great Northern Paper Company
Walsh
A. R. Paull
Picketing by Women Defended at TreMont Meeting
Speakers at Lorimer Hall Tre mont Temple defended the women picketing the British embassy in Washington last month. The meeting hosted by the American Women Pickets drew over 6500 attendees and raised 692.15 through collection and pledges. Nora Quinn pledged 100, with Mrs. T. K. Corless of New York delivering the keynote on improving conditions by pressuring Congress to act in the people's interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Ireland
Lorimer Hall
Tremont Temple
Washington
Nora Quinn
T. K. Corless
New York
Congress
Arlington High to face Waltham in next baseball clash
Arlington High School baseball club travels to Waltham High School tomorrow afternoon for its annual game. The Spy Pond team, after a Tuesday defeat to Wakefield in the Mystic Valley Interscholastic league, aims to rebound with renewed strength and battle hard for a win.
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Arlington High School
Waltham High School
Waltham
Wakefield High School
Spy Pond
Wood alcohol victims treated at City Hospital
Three men were taken by police to the City Hospital for wood alcohol poisoning last night. Thomas E. Mullen, 40, of Forest Street Roxbury, sustained a probable skull fracture. James B. Dolan, 44, of 394 Main Street Brockton, and an unknown man found in Arlington Square were also treated.
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City Hospital
Thomas E. Mullen
Forest Street
Roxbury
James B. Dolan
Main Street
Brockton
Arlington Square
Postal Men Launch Five Minute Campaign in New England
A Boston driven group of five minute men from the post office department deputies presses a campaign to alert business leaders and residents across New England about alleged postal system failures. They urge Congress to act before a June adjournment and plan tours through Rhode Island Connecticut New Hampshire Vermont Maine and metropolitan Boston with speakers Hammond Kelley Denehy and Murphy highlighting inefficiency and low morale.
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Post Office Department
Boston
New England
Postoffice Department
Joint Postal Committee
John A. Kelley
Postoffice
Congress
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Springfield
Holyoke
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Charles L. Hammond
Clerks’ Federation
James Denehy
Carriers’ Federation
John D. Murphy
Clerks’ National Federation
Conversions at Beacon Hill Revival Reach All Classes
Rev Eva Ryerson Ludgate leads revival at First Methodist Beacon Hill drawing diverse attendees. A gambler admits playing cards for money for 40 years after hearing her sermons.
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Eva Ryerson Ludgate
First Methodist Church
Beacon Hill
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